Staking Technician III

Responsibilities

• Serve as the direct point of contact for clients, building and growing those relationships
• Develop new clients and expand services with existing ones
• Manage multiple design projects and schedules at once
• Design overhead and underground distribution lines to meet engineering, construction, NESC, and client standards
• Acquire easements and permits, and interface with landowners to secure construction access
• Communicate with construction crews on design and post-design inspection
• Collect accurate field data via paper drawings, electronic devices, digital cameras, and GPS tools
• Prepare construction sketches and complete staking sheets, using software like Pole Foreman or PLS-CAD
• Mentor and supervise staking and field technicians on project work

Requirements

• Technical or associate's degree in a related field, plus 10+ years of relevant experience (or an equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Prior experience as a lineman or surveying distribution/communication lines (10+ years)
• Proven ability to lead and effectively utilize field technicians on project work
• Comfort with GPS survey equipment, data collection units, laser range finders, and cameras
• Working knowledge of RUS construction units and specifications, right-of-way easements, and permitting
• Proficiency with pole line design software
• A valid driver's license and your own reliable transportation
• Readiness to travel 50-100% to project sites

Skills

• GPS data
• Data collection
• Digital cameras
• Compliance with client standards and NESC
• Stake driving

Qualifications

• Ability to work in an active, outdoors role
• Be prepared to cut right-of-way and carry a 10-pound pack several miles over rough, uneven terrain
• Occasionally need to work extra hours to keep projects on track

Benefits

Your Compensation and Benefits:

• Flex Benefits (Flexible Hours, Telecommuting)
• Competitive Pay
• Health Benefits (Medical, Dental & Vision, Company Paid Life, Long Term & Short-Term Disability)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Floating Holiday, Holidays)
• 401(k)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Reimbursement